POLACCA, Ariz. (AP) — Candidates for Hopi chairman move easily between the tribe’s language and English as they make their case for votes from a high school auditorium. The audience is a mix of fluent ...
For nearly 1,000 years, the Hopi people have lived on the same three mesas, land now considered part of northeastern Arizona. For all that time,... Hopi Teens Worry About Loss Of Culture ROBERT SIEGEL ...
It was during recess on the playground around the third grade when Sheilah Nicholas decided to give up her native tongue to fit in with the white kids. “”I remember coming home one day crying,”” she ...
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. HOPI NATION — Hopi-speaking voters casting ballots on the Hopi reservation had several options for voting in their tribal language on Tuesday. They ...